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It is hard enough to get people to pay attention to candidates when there are just two of them. I feel that any voting system in which multiple candidates can run without a massive spoiler effect will result in more instances of candidates getting elected without much vetting. I think a runoff...

This video pretty much gives the explanation. The summary is that Cenk Uygur, co-founder of the Justice Democrats, was forced into resignation for sexist comments he made 18 years ago when he was a completely different person. Anyone who watches TYT knows that does not represent Cenk now. It...

I don’t like Roy Moore and I think he’ll be a terrible senator, but I don’t think the accusations against him are good reasons not to vote for him in the general election. Making sure an asshole doesn’t get elected pales in comparison to what policy they are going to enact. If you are against...

I recently watched Lawrence Lessig on TYT interviews and apparently now he wants to allocate state delegates for the electoral college proportionally. I think this is a really bad idea because of all the cumulative rounding errors. This is particularly bad for the even delegate states which...

OK, so last election there was a ballot initiative in Maine to implement instant runoff voting statewide. During the this time some people (me included) were worried that this would violate the Maine constitution as it requires the winner to be the one with the plurality of votes. So, even...

Trudeau abandons pledge to end first-past-the-post. This is infuriating.

Let's say that there was no Star Wars until Rogue One and A New Hope would be released next year. It would have the same script, but have been made with modern day special effects and technology. Do you think it would still be a box office success or would it flop? Do you even think Rogue One...

OK, so the instant runoff voting initiative passed in Maine and it will be implemented statewide. I think IRV is much better than FPTP, but I do not think it is a very good system. I am worried that it may leave a bad taste in the mouths of the voters and it may lead to a repeal and...

Considering that Trump will be filling up a bunch of backed up seats with GOP approved justices and there is no way they don't double down on the Jim Crow, do you see Democrats coming back from this? I am really worried that Trump will be the next Erdogan.

It looks like Maine is going to get rid of first-past-the-post and go with instant runoff voting. Unfortunately, it looks like the federal government is going to go fascist.

What precautions do you think we should take when tabulating the votes? Should any of it be electronic or should it all be hand counted? I personally think that we should use a scan-tron paper ballot. Once scanned in, a unique ID should be printed on the ballot and an electronic record of the...

There have never been two more unfavorable candidates running for President in American history. Unfortunately, these are the two candidates that we are a stuck with because if we vote for anyone else we are helping the candidate we hate most win. This is a problem with our voting system that...

Minister of Democratic Institutions Maryam Monsef has outlined 8 principles for Electoral reform in Canada: 1) Canadians should believe that their intentions as voters are fairly translated into elections results, without (the) significant distortion that often characterizes elections conducted...

First off, let me say that I'd much rather have IRV than the current first-past-the-post voting system. Overall though, I don't think it is a good system. Lately, I've been hearing a lot of Democrats (voters and politicians) talk about Bernie Sander's electability in the general election as an...

So, there are a couple of bills put forward by some Republicans in NH to implement approval voting statewide. Whatever your politics, this is a good thing and it should be supported. Any voting system is better than plurality and approval voting is a very good voting system overall. I really...

This is a 2012 proposal by MP and former Liberal Party leader Stéphane Dion. He advocates for a system in which there are 3 to 5 multiseat districts. The voters rank the parties and then votes for one candidate for each party. If the party doesn't have enough votes for a seat, the votes gets...

So...two episodes in so far. What do you think of him? I think he seems to be doing an OK job, but nothing special yet. Sometimes it feels like he is doing a Jon Stewart impersonation. His show is at least better than the Nightly Show.

Why should the Prime Minister have so much power and why should parties be organized so that they can create a monopoly on power that doesn't represent the whole? Is the position of Prime Minister even needed at all? I think each cabinet position should be elected by MPs through a Condorcet...

So, both the Liberal Party and the NDP favor getting rid of FPTP. Do the Canadians here believe that they will be able to form a coalition government or will the Conservatives still be able to maintain a hold on power? If they are able to form a coalition, is Trudeau likely to renege on his...

Sure, he is leading in the polls, but he only has 15%. Eighty-five percent of the Republicans polled choose someone else. We'll have to wait until other candidates inevitably drop out before we know whether or not he is viable. Cenk Uygur seems to think this is a big deal and thinks it says...